Table 3 Population 16 years and over, by level of education, gender and age. 2009. Per cent

3 Population 16 years and over, by level of education, gender and age. 2009. Per cent
Gender and age	Total	Highest completed education¹

Gender and age	Total	Below upper secondary education	Upper secondary education²	Tertiary education, short³	Tertiary education, long ⁴

Total	3 877 727	29.8	42.9	20.8	6.5
16-19 years	257 629	87.8	12.2	0.0	-
20-24 years	303 651	30.8	53.0	15.9	0.3
25-29 years	304 611	21.9	37.1	32.4	8.6
30-39 years	674 957	17.0	40.4	31.2	11.4
40-49 years	699 747	22.9	43.2	25.5	8.4
50-59 years	613 952	21.6	48.8	22.5	7.1
60-66 years	389 572	23.7	51.6	18.2	6.4
67 years and above	633 608	41.1	44.2	10.9	3.8

Males	1 923 929	29.3	45.4	17.2	8.1
16-19 years	132 564	90.2	9.8	0.0	-
20-24 years	154 894	35.7	53.4	10.6	0.3
25-29 years	154 605	25.5	42.6	24.0	7.9
30-39 years	344 426	18.4	45.9	24.0	11.7
40-49 years	359 590	23.0	47.1	20.3	9.6
50-59 years	312 026	20.3	51.0	19.1	9.5
60-66 years	196 069	21.9	51.0	17.3	9.8
67 years and above	269 755	34.5	46.5	11.8	7.2

Females	1 953 798	30.4	40.4	24.2	5.0
16-19 years	125 065	85.3	14.7	0.0	-
20-24 years	148 757	25.7	52.5	21.4	0.4
25-29 years	150 006	18.1	31.3	41.2	9.3
30-39 years	330 531	15.5	34.8	38.5	11.1
40-49 years	340 157	22.7	39.2	31.0	7.1
50-59 years	301 926	22.9	46.5	26.0	4.6
60-66 years	193 503	25.6	52.3	19.1	3.0
67 years and above	363 853	46.1	42.4	10.3	1.2

¹	Not included persons with unknown or no completed education.
²	Including the level 'Intermediate level' which comprises education based on completed upper secondary level, but which are not accredited as tertiary education.
³	Tertiary education, short comprises higher education up to 4 years in duration.
⁴	Tertiary education, long comprises higher education more than 4 years in duration.